4 April 2018

MFT RELEASE DAY - APRIL 2018

We have certainly been spoilt this month with the huge Birdie Brown release!

Here is my latest colouring of one of Torico's wonderful images:

I challenged myself to try using my pencils on something other than kraft, which I confess is my favourite surface for pencil drawing. The main difference with using After Midnight was that I had to stamp the image with Sweet Tooth Pigment ink instead of my usual Cement Grey Hybrid.

Then, with images of umbrellas, ducklings, raincoats and puddles on my iPad for reference I coloured the little girl with Caran D'Ache Supracolor Soft. These pencils are the water soluble version of the Pablo's that I usually use but the leads are softer. This means they produce a small amount of dust when colouring, so a good dusting brush is imperative. If you try and wipe it away with your hand you'll undoubtedly smudge your work.

My brush is not an artist brush, it's found in DIY stores! The soft bristles are glued in, so no annoying hairs fall out when used. It's large, flat surface clears my work area of pencil dust in a couple of sweeps. I used to use a make up brush as a student.........not any more!

As I wanted Torico's adorable image and my colouring to be the focal point, I kept the card somewhat plain and simple. I used the A2 Stitched Rectangle Stax, probably my favourite go to die set and a corresponding plain die, mounting them on a tent fold A2 card, which I trimmed to fit.

I am sure you're itching to go shopping at MFTStamps.com so I'll just remind you that if you leave a comment on my blog you may be the lucky winner of a $100 MFT Gift voucher.......just think of all the crafting goodies you could buy with that!

67 comments:

Wow, I received the MFT text today and while scrolling through the email, I was amazed at your talent with colored pencils. So amazing and glad to have found your blog. Now I need to check out both types of pencils you use.

Your coloring always blows me away. Someday I will be brave enough to try and add in eye details like you do! I particularly enjoy all the "reflected" colors you included in the puddle. It gives it such a realistic look to an already incredibly realistic scene. Thank you for being willing to share your amazing talent with us!